Weather Records on 8 May 1961

556 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 May 1961. Highest significance: Mt Pulaski, US.

Key Facts for 8 May 1961

On 8 May 1961, 556 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
105 were record highs and 88 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 49 monthly and 503 daily.
Mt Pulaski set a monthly record daily precipitation of 84.1 mm (3.3 in) on 8 May 1961.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

556 stations

556 station records on 8 May 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 May 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mt Pulaski	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Pertabpur	India	Record daily precipitation	93.8 mm (3.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Franklin 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Irvington	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Williamstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Evans Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Vanceburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
St Louis Eads Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Carlinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
St Louis St Louis UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Newburgh L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Paoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Taylorsville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Xenia 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gest Lock 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Circleville	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth Dam 44	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Carlyle	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Owensville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Union	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chilo Meldahl Locks & Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brent Dam 36	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Peebles 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Court House	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Addison Dam 45	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tyrone Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cincinnati Fernbank	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Flemingsburg 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carmi 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greenup Dam 3O	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gavle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	171.7 mm (6.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

556 records

Records set or tied on 8 May 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 81, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 353, Heaviest daily snowfall 10.

Records on 8 May 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	81
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	353
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 May 1961 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 49, daily 503.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

481 broken records

Margins by which the 481 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 106.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 May 1961

Top 20 records on 8 May 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 May 1961	Mt Pulaski, US	monthly rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	61 years	73 of 100 (Major)
8 May 1961	Pertabpur, IN	monthly rain	93.8 mm (3.7 in)	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	43 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 May 1961	Franklin 2 NNE, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 May 1961	Irvington, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 May 1961	Frankfort Downtown, US	monthly rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 May 1961	Williamstown, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 May 1961	Evans Landing, US	monthly rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 May 1961	Vincennes 4 E, US	monthly rain	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	15 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 May 1961	Flora 5 NW, US	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1961	Vanceburg, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1961	St Louis Eads Brg, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1961	Carlinville, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1961	St Louis St Louis UNIV, US	monthly rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	15 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1961	Effingham 3SW, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1961	1 N McLeansboro, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1961	Newburgh L&D, US	monthly rain	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	10 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1961	Paoli, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1961	Taylorsville 2SW, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1961	Xenia 6 SSE, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1961	White Hall 1 E, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1795 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1961. 1961 had 556 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 05-08 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1806	1
1825	1
1834	1
1845	2
1848	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1857	1
1858	2
1861	2
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1867	4
1868	1
1873	1
1874	3
1876	3
1879	1
1880	1
1882	4
1883	1
1885	1
1886	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	2
1891	2
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	1
1896	3
1897	5
1898	2
1900	10
1901	5
1902	5
1903	11
1904	13
1905	17
1906	27
1907	7
1908	14
1909	19
1910	26
1911	34
1912	36
1913	34
1914	71
1915	35
1916	17
1917	108
1918	47
1919	132
1920	62
1921	35
1922	38
1923	510
1924	196
1925	272
1926	191
1927	328
1928	310
1929	194
1930	572
1931	403
1932	283
1933	553
1934	728
1935	78
1936	650
1937	107
1938	425
1939	235
1940	296
1941	271
1942	128
1943	465
1944	258
1945	646
1946	271
1947	1,152
1948	453
1949	361
1950	748
1951	274
1952	794
1953	580
1954	463
1955	411
1956	490
1957	546
1958	440
1959	252
1960	748
1961	556
1962	450
1963	1,105
1964	731
1965	704
1966	522
1967	573
1968	424
1969	542
1970	501
1971	413
1972	509
1973	527
1974	777
1975	555
1976	989
1977	682
1978	676
1979	1,113
1980	722
1981	613
1982	557
1983	638
1984	1,072
1985	591
1986	1,210
1987	1,226
1988	632
1989	1,543
1990	715
1991	710
1992	1,740
1993	892
1994	768
1995	1,340
1996	908
1997	973
1998	1,348
1999	985
2000	1,782
2001	851
2002	1,843
2003	1,420
2004	1,133
2005	685
2006	801
2007	718
2008	595
2009	779
2010	1,079
2011	602
2012	709
2013	686
2014	958
2015	647
2016	752
2017	467
2018	711
2019	723
2020	599
2021	419
2022	908
2023	579
2024	1,015
2025	380
2026	292

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Data for records on 1961-05-08: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	378
20 to 40	64
40 to 60	29
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1